Calum O'Connell
{{short description|Australian soccer player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2011}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name= Calum O'Connell
| image =
| fullname = Calum O'Connell
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1990|5|2}}
| birth_place = Perth, Western Australia
| height = {{height|m=1.86}}
| position = Left Back
| currentclub = Olympic Kingsway
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 =2001–2006
| youthclubs1 = Perth Juniors
| youthyears2 =
| youthclubs2 =
| years1= 2007
| clubs1= ECU Joondalup
| caps1= 2
| goals1 = 0
| years2= 2008
| clubs2= Sorrento FC
| caps2= 8
| goals2 = 0
| years3= 2009
| clubs3= Brisbane Wolves
| caps3= 26
| goals3 = 2
| years4= 2009–2010
| clubs4= Brisbane Roar
| caps4= 4
| goals4 = 0
| years5= 2011
| clubs5= Floreat Athena
| caps5= 22
| goals5 = 5
| years6= 2012
| clubs6= Western Knights
| caps6= 10
| goals6 = 2
| years7= 2013–2014
| clubs7= Sydney United
| caps7= 30
| goals7 = 0
| years8= 2015
| clubs8= Perth SC
| caps8= 4
| goals8 = 0
| years9= 2016
| clubs9= Inglewood United
| caps9= 24
| goals9 = 6
| years10= 2017–2021
| clubs10= Balcatta
| caps10= 106
| goals10 = 19
| years11= 2022–
| clubs11= Olympic Kingsway
| caps11= 41
| goals11 = 2
| nationalyears1 =
| nationalteam1=Australian Schoolboys
| nationalcaps1=7
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| pcupdate = 23 November 2023
| ntupdate = 11:55, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
}}
Calum O'Connell (born 2 May 1990 in Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian footballer who plays for Kingsway.
Club career
O'Connell was a contestant on the First Season of the 2008 FOX8 television series Football Superstar. He made it to the top 10 of the competition, but lost out to eventual winner Adam Hett who won a youth contract with Sydney FC.[http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,26098062-5000940,00.html Brisbane Roar call in teen 'superstar' Calum O'Connell for A-League debut]
On 20 September 2009 he made his professional senior debut in a 4–2 loss against Perth Glory.{{Cite web |url=http://www.brisbaneroar.com.au/default.aspx?s=aleague_newsdisplay&id=29438 |title=Roar run ended by Perth |access-date=18 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110224082528/http://www.brisbaneroar.com.au/default.aspx?s=aleague_newsdisplay&id=29438 |archive-date=24 February 2011 |url-status=dead }}
Business
O'Connell in his spare time has built his own Activewear label called "Fearless Activewear"{{cite web | url=http://www.communitynews.com.au/eastern-reporter/sport/inglewood-player-calum-oconnell-fearless-in-kicking-along-active-wear-label/ | title=Inglewood United Calum O'Connell | date=31 August 2016 }} which started in 2015.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110226013950/http://www.brisbaneroar.com.au/default.aspx?s=yleague_profile Brisbane Roar profile]
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Category:Australian men's soccer players
Category:Soccer players from Perth, Western Australia
Category:Brisbane Roar FC players
Category:Sydney United 58 FC players
Category:National Premier Leagues players
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen
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